How is the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam compared to America? Bryan Nguyen, a Fulbright student researcher, arrived in Vietnam at the beginning of January 2020 when the pandemic was in its early stages. He eventually chose to stay in Da Nang as the U.S. State Department raised its travel alert to Stage 4, ordering Americans to evacuate their host countries and return home.

He spoke to two young Da Nang residents, Thiện Minh Hoang and Xuân Ha Vu Nguyen, a graduate student in environmental studies and an artist managing a small business, about their reaction and views of the COVID-19 fight in Vietnam. They talk further about how the pandemic has impacted their lives in terms of their studies and business. In addition, they chat about Vietnam’s community efforts to COVID-19 compared to the rest of the world, and how Vietnam has been recognized as a success story in their battle against this ever-evolving global pandemic.

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